+ **x2 speeder bike's if they have. She said she would grab them for me if she saw them when going back to retrieve the Pilot pack.

You know what this means? I finally caught a sale/ promotion! I almost spent $85 on the two sets shipped off of eBay just last night! But I thought I should check before spending more than I have to, and boy did it pay off! I am ecstatic right now Happy collector I am

Thanks! I may just fill out the survey for the employee who not only gathered my items and put them on hold, but who also was very helpful at checkout as well. I am actually feeling inclined to complete a TRU survey. No speeder bikes but a happy collector I am non the less:

We all know it has been a tough year collecting. I personally can recall overpaying on several occasions and am still feeling the pain. But there is hope and proof that it pays to wait. I often talk about purchasing from eBay user: dorksidetoys. They now have their own store and the clearance section( http://www.dorksidetoys.com/clearance/?sort=featured&page=1 ) has some of the more rare hard to come by figures both loose and unpunched are the same price! Examples:

Went over the mountains to the slimy mudhole that is Portland to see Garbage. As the show didn't start until 8pm, I used the bulk of the day (and all of the following) to hunt. This is what I captured...

Thoughts:
* Saw two roadkills, while driving. One deer. One racoon.
* There is a lot of road construction in Oregon right now. Everywhere. In every town I drove through and even over the mountain passes.
* I stopped in at seven different Kmarts. They all had the Walker but none of the two-packs.
* One Kmart was closing and had placed the entire store on clearance. They didn't have much in the way of Star Wars, but I did see a few POTJ figures hanging on the pegs including Battle Droid (boomer damage), Han Solo (Bespin capture), Scout Trooper (Imperial patrol - dirty version) and one or two others that I can't recall. I'm sure someone stashed them under an aisle ten years ago and forgot they were there. They were 25% off the marked price of $9.99. If they had been $3 or less, I might have considered adding the Biker Scout and/or the Battledroid to my collection.
* I stopped at 8 Targets, most had 2 or 3 of the Droid Set, but none of the Villain Set. Oddly, I'm not the least bit dismayed by this as I feel certain it will be abundant as the holiday season gets into gear.
* I stopped at at least a dozen Fred Meyers. They were all chock FULL of the Malgus wave of vintage and the Cmdr. Fox wave of Clone Wars. * Oddly, I didn't see Scuba Ahsoka or Commando Boss anywhere. Perhaps they are part of a different assortment while still being a part of the wave?
* I didn't see the Republic Dropship ("deluxe figure) anywhere, despite reports of it showing up at Targets and Kmarts.
* I also didn't see (and have yet to see) the Ankakin and Vader figures of the Movie Heroes line with the light-up sabers.
* R5-D5 (Target Droids) and R5-D8 (TRU Rebel Pilots) look nearly identical.
* I saw a smattering of the Lost Line figures (on both LL and Vintage cards) at Kmart and in abundance at Toys R Us. I only picked up Vader though.
* I stopped at five different Walmarts in search of the LEGO Mando Fighter. I saw the Hasbro MTT at two of them. Never-the-less, the Walmart experience has not changed. I feel sullied. And unusual._________________"we're mild and green ... and squeaky clean"

Just got home from a road trip to San Diego. We stayed in Las Vegas on the way there and the way home. A stop into a Toys R Us just a few blocks off the strip yielded a Bespin Leia and the Clone Lieutenant in the alternate packaging. The buy-1-get-1 sale was a welcome surprise.

Just got home from a road trip to San Diego. We stayed in Las Vegas on the way there and the way home. A stop into a Toys R Us just a few blocks off the strip yielded a Bespin Leia and the Clone Lieutenant in the alternate packaging. The buy-1-get-1 sale was a welcome surprise.

Which reminds me, if one were to bite the bullet and pay-through-the-nose for the online exclusive final vintage wave, where might one find it for $120 (or less)? A quick look just now only shows it available at Entertainment Earth - for $132 (plus shipping, I assume)._________________"we're mild and green ... and squeaky clean"

Which reminds me, if one were to bite the bullet and pay-through-the-nose for the online exclusive final vintage wave, where might one find it for $120 (or less)? A quick look just now only shows it available at Entertainment Earth - for $132 (plus shipping, I assume).